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As we enter the dog days of summer, the annual trek from Ohio to Hilton Head and back starts. It is currently in full swing. As a resident of the greater Charlotte area and someone who likes to go into the city on Saturday nights, I have one request. Please do not oversleep on your last day. Too many Ohioans wake up late and then drive recklessly trying to get home, or they hope to avoid the many hours of miserable traffic. This causes accidents and traffic jams on interstate 77 on Saturdays in Charlotte. Thank you and have a great day.

I live in SC and I like Frank Martin. He's a different kind of guy, but not in a bad way. USC probably held on to him a little long but he did a good job. Martin wins at schools where it is difficult to win by getting marginal players and making something out of them. MAC schools had better be ready when UMass comes to town because they will be well prepared and play hard.

You're not wrong, but you're not right either. Ohio has merely shifted the tax burden to the students (90% Ohio residents) and called it something else. The government charges you a tax to use the Turnpike. They just call it a toll. They extract money from you and spend it on government services. At least someone can avoid the Turnpike if they want so it is a voluntary tax. There is no getting around student fees. Student fees are a mandatory government tax. The government run university extracts money from people and provides what they believe is a service for it.

I don't blame them for not going. If I still lived in Akron, I might never see this rivalry game again because they play during the week. I would only attend the Saturday games.

I'm assuming one of my past predictions is coming true... There are probably solid gold urinals being installed in some athletics program right now.

The crisis will exist regardless. It's never ending. I just want to give the taxpayers four general admission tickets to two MAC sporting events a year. It's the least the state could give them for their support of the Ohio public university system. If done properly a school could showcase the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around their schools to people who might be unfamiliar. I'm not sure who loses in this scenario.

Sure they do. It's a shell game. The money is just being moved around in a way that can easily fool some people into believing something else. The human is the only living being with a brain on Earth that is capable of convincing itself of things that simply aren't true.

Roughly 90% of the students au UofA are from Ohio. I don't care how they shuffle the money around, the taxpayers of Ohio are paying for it.

College athletics should benefit five things: the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools. I fall into the fan and alumni categories. Give me a competitive game that lasts less than 3.25 hours at a time on Saturday that is convenient for me to go to the game and have a dinner at 7 PM somewhere in Akron. Also, give away tickets to the taxpayers of Ohio. They are paying for it, they should get to attend a game or two for free.

Taxpayers pay for things all the time that don't benefit them. In this case, donors supported the upgrades. Some taxpayers may like it. It's not just Zips games. It's also the high school games played there. Some enjoy a more professional experience. UC has a nice stadium and the program loses money. Nobody complains because the experience has been good recently. Here is why the experience has to be really good. If the taxpayers of Ohio ever figure out how much of their money is being spent on public university football programs that lose money, the reckoning will not be good for anyone except OSU because they make money. This country has developed a Nihilistic streak across political spectrums in the past 12 years that I thought was not possible and not healthy for our society. The experience at these stadiums must be good so the taxpayers don't direct their Nihilism towards the athletic programs or those programs will be destroyed.

They should do the best they can with what they have for the taxpayers. That score board fell short of that standard.

Those are three different elephants. Let's focus on the athletic one. I believe the athletic department should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron. Giving the taxpayers of Ohio a good gameday experience could make them believe their hard earned money being spent on public universities is a good thing. A paved highway makes taxpayers feel good. A pothole filled highway makes taxpayers bitter. The old scoreboard was a pothole filled highway.

What is the elephant?

What were the numbers when he started? I'm too lazy to look it up myself.

The Dollar General MAC

To be fair to your being fair, the University hasn't done a historically good job of supporting the coaches.

I don't know what the roots of college athletics are. There has always been a level of sleaze in athletics. There is a level of sleaze in everything. I would like to see a separate division that provides a great experience for the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools. With some thought and effort it shouldn't be that difficult or expensive. Stat with playing every game on Saturday when you can maximize the benefits to every group.

I know an executive who woke up on a Saturday and told his wife he was thinking about retiring. They agreed they had enough money. That Monday he gave his two week notice. Sometimes the easiest explanation is the answer.

This is concerning. It's double the national average for drop out rates freshman to sophomore years.

Thanks for posting this. I threw up in my mouth a little when I saw the news. If I may, I'd like to throw in some more adjectives. In addition to stupid, it's gross, disgusting, greedy, obnoxious, degrading, nauseating, and predictable.

NFL offensive coordinators make more than $1 million per year. They can't afford him.

Did she stink of patchouli oil?

It's a terrible experience. How bad is it? They are having trouble selling out their games. Look at their 2024 home schedule. It's laughable. I guess the Michigan game would be compelling if you had a small fortune to spend on a decent ticket. If not, the upper deck provides a great view of what might be a football game going on n below.

They are letting too many people attend their games.

Winning.